Arsenal Injury News Archives: 01/2019

Laurent Koscielny has had surgery to remove blood clots from his face after he was kicked (accidentally) by Romelu Lukaku.

Arsenal will be without Lisa Evans for six weeks and Lia Walti for another four after the club gave an update on the status of the pair.

Arsenal won a very important away game 3-0 at Reading on Sunday, keeping the Gunners close to City in the title race.

Laurent Koscielny has managed to avoid a broken jaw, but he’ll still need to undergo surgery before he can return, according to reports in France.

Although we’ve had no confirmation of Laurent Koscielny’s injury at the time of writing, it very much looked like he suffered a broken jaw against Manchester United so what can we expect from his recovery?

Konstantinos Mavropanos could be set for a return to the Arsenal first team on Tuesday after Unai Emery’s side suffered another couple of key injuries against Manchester United.

Hoffenheim manager Julian Nagelsmann has confirmed that Reiss Nelson is out of training at the moment, after suffering a back injury.

Emile Smith Rowe appears to be back out injured and working on his fitness, based on a video on Rob Holding’s Instagram story.

Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling and Marcus Rashford should all be available for Manchester United’s visit to the Emirates Stadium, according to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Monday was not a good day for Arsenal fans with the news that Hector Bellerin has done his cruciate and Sven Mislintat will be leaving when the January transfer window closes.

Former NFL head team doctor and practising orthopaedic surgeon David J. Chao says Hector Bellerin appears to have torn his left knee quad tendon, based on the video of the injury circulating on social media.

Reiss Nelson was mysteriously absent from Hoffenheim’s squad to face Bayern Munich on Friday, but it now appears he missed out with injury, rather than for tactical reasons.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set for an early return to full training in the next week, giving Arsenal a boost as the forward was initially scheduled to rejoin the squad in February.

Konstantinos Mavropanos returned to the pitch for the first time in five months on Monday, playing for the u23s against Manchester City.

Danny Welbeck posted another injury update on Friday, as he continues his rehabilitation from two ankle surgeries.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan has posted a fitness update on social media, teasing that he’s ‘coming back soon’ as he continues his injury rehabilitation.

Arsenal have been boosted by the news that six of their crocked stars have returned to training ahead of their Premier League game against West Ham on Saturday.

Arsenal face another period of uncertainty as they wait to see how bad Laurent Koscielny’s back injury is.

Unai Emery has confirmed that it was an injury that forced Laurent Koscielny out of Arsenal’s cup clash against Blackpool on Saturday, but he hopes it’s nothing serious.

Danny Welbeck has shared pictures of his continued rehabilitation from two ankle surgeries, showing he’s now out of his cast and on the way to recovery.